large sports hall above it, and a fitness suite. These facilities are open most lunch times, as well as before and after school for students to use. The sports section has its own reception that is not used, and can be separated from the main building using a roller shutter. This is so it can be opened to the public, with the rest of the school being shut off. The school also has a lecture theatre, as well as an all day cafe for students and staff. In September 2019, low numbers of Latin students in the then Lower 6th Form led to lessons taking place during school time at Loreto Grammar. This is thought to be the first time that Ambrosians attended Loreto Grammar. Their official status at Loreto has never been officially established, although lessons continued for the whole of the two-year course. Results In 2010, the Trafford Local Education Authority was ranked seventh out of 150 in the country – and first out of Greater Manchester's 10 LEAs – based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*–C grades at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) including maths and English (100% compared with the national average of 50.7%). St Ambrose College was the sixth out of 19 secondary schools in the borough in terms of proportion of pupils achieving at least five GCSEs A*–C (92%). For A-level results, the school was ranked fifth out of nine schools in Trafford, with pupils averaging 955.7 points compared to the national average of 739.1. Child abuse In December 2012, the college was implicated in a child sex abuse case involving teaching staff carrying out acts of abuse both on and off school grounds. More than fifty former pupils contacted police, either as victims of, or witnesses to, sexual abuse. The alleged sexual abuse, including molestation of children while corporal punishment was administered, stemmed from 1962 onward to this day. On 15 July 2013, Mr Alan Morris, a former teacher was charged with 41 counts of indecent assault following an investigation into historical sexual abuse at the school. He is accused of committing the offences between 1972 and 1991 and the allegations involve 29 former pupils of the boys-only school, who were between 11 and 17 at the time. He was also charged with one count of outraging public decency and five of inciting gross indecency. He was found